The Ritual Animal

Harvey (Chair of Social Anthropology, Chair of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford) Whitehouse

Oxford University Press, 2021

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Copying rituals has allowed cultural groups to proliferate over time. Rare, traumatic rituals produce strong cohesion in small relational groups, whereas daily/weekly rituals produce cohesion in expandable communities. This study presents a theory of how these two ritual modes have influenced history over thousands of years.

ISBN-13
9780199646364
ISBN-10
0199646368
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2021
Publication date
2021-11-25
Pages
252
Dimensions
166x240x24
Weight
542